The partition system of multidrug resistance plasmid TP228 includes a novel protein that epitomizes an evolutionarily distinct subgroup of the ParA superfamily

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 528-541

  Hayes, Finbarr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033854632     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02030.x     Document Type: Article

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